 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 972 pages
...is full of sweet, Peasant, aud unspeakable comfort to Mly persons, and sucli as feel in them«l>es laid unto the root of the trees : every tree therefore which bringeth not forth "rthly members, and drawing up their roinrl to high and heavenly things ; as well u because it doth... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 498 pages
...the church, who justly affirms, on one hand, that " The godly consideration of predestination, and of our election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons (^) ; takes care, on the other, to remind her children, in the second homily on alms-giving, that it... | |
 | John Fry - Church history - 1825 - 642 pages
...answered the description of those persons in Article XVII., to whom the doctrine of predestination and of our election in Christ is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort, " as well because it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal salvation to be enjoyed... | |
 | 1874 - 352 pages
...assent and consent. The following quotation expresses a sentiment the very opposite to yours:— " The godly consideration of predestination, and our...flesh and their earthly members, and drawing up their minds to high and heavenly things, as well because it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith... | |
 | sir George Pretyman Tomline (bart, bp. of Winchester.) - 1826 - 582 pages
...WALK RELIGIOUSLY IN GOOD WORKS ; AND AT LENGTH BY GOD'S MERCY THEY ATTAIN TO EVERLASTING FELICITY. AS THE GODLY CONSIDERATION OF PREDESTINATION, AND...THE FLESH, AND THEIR EARTHLY MEMBERS, AND DRAWING V9 THEIR MIND TO HIGH AND HEAVENLY THINGS ; AS WELL BECAUSE IT DOTH GREATLY ESTABLISH AND CONFIRM THEIR... | |
 | Henry Moore - Clergy - 1826 - 332 pages
...good works ; and at length, by God's mercy, they attain to everlasting felicity. That such as thus feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ,...flesh and their earthly members, and drawing up their minds to high and heavenly things, as it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal... | |
 | Walter Arthur Copinger - Arminianism - 1889 - 776 pages
...revealed, if we wish to become " wise unto salvation." In the 17th Article it is truly stated that " the godly consideration of Predestination and our...full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort." And yet how few know anything whatever respecting this " sweet, pleasant, and unspeakably" comforting... | |
 | Charles Holland - Sermons, English - 1891 - 328 pages
...sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.' Thus, as our Article says, a ' godly consideration of our election is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort...as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of God.' That the ungodly consideration of this doctrine may make some say, ' If I am elect, I shall be... | |
 | John McClintock - Bible - 1891 - 944 pages
...in good works; and at length, by (iod's grace, they attiin to everlasting felicity. As the t:o<llv consideration of predestination and our election in Christ is full of sweet, pleasant, and utHpeakaMe comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ,... | |
 | William Greenough Thayer Shedd - Calvinism - 1893 - 194 pages
...formation of the Christian character. We heartily adopt the affirmation of the Thirty-nine Articles, that " the godly consideration of predestination, and our...godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the workings of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh and their earthly members, and... | |
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As the godly consideration of Predestination, and our Election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the Works of the flesh, and... 
